Regional Business Partner

3 months ago

Cape Town, South Africa HR Genie Full time

Regional Business Partner
Finance
Accountable for specialist outputs, as well as initiating quality standards within defined work routines and policies.


Job Purpose
This role is responsible for providing accurate financial information and insights through on-going, cross-functional engagement enabling informed financial decisions. The position will report to the Regional Financial Manager and support them by working with various closely related variables, spanning across different functional areas which requires an understanding of organisational processes, procedures, standards and controls.


Key Accountabilities and Outputs
Business Partnering
Improving the impact and understanding of financial reporting on business performance
Providing analysis and delivering insight that links financial reports to business strategies
Support the Regional Finance manager by providing financial information and analysis on
Volume and Revenue
Variable Cost Performance
Bills of Materials improvement
Fixed Cost Performance
Variance analysis versus PY and Budget/Forecasts
Corrective actions
Engaging with Line Management to improve Finance understanding of the business, including cost and value drivers.
Support Regional FM in annual budgeting and forecasting processes by supporting cost centre owners to make informed financial decisions
Support and deliver periodic re-forecasts ensuring that latest operational drivers are understood and considered and highlight risks and opportunities
Value-adding finance input to support the region in the translation of strategic objectives into KPI's, financial targets and forecasts
Support cost centre owners to make informed financial decisions for initiatives aligned to the organisation's operating plans
Build and maintain financial models which accurately forecast project and business performance
Support and drive governance and control in the business
Preparation of weekly and monthly income statements and other financial reports together with commentary explaining variances.
Active involvement in monthly stock counts and reconciliations
Accountable for monthly reconciliation of assigned GL accounts

Supporting the Regional Financial Manager with any work or project in line with the strategic finance teams' overall goals.
Adherence to the health, safety and environmental standards
Ensure adherence to site safety standards as head of Safety, Health and Environmental Committee
Ensure compliance to all relevant legislation
General
Conversant with relevant business information, policies, processes and procedures
Maintains expected performance standards
While Job Descriptions are written up for the purpose of a basic outline of the work and responsibilities associated with the Job, the Company encourages and expects all employees from time to time, to assist with work that may not be a direct part of their job description.
Additional Region-Specific Accountabilities and Outputs


Qualifications and Experience
Bachelors Degree (3 years) / NQF level 7 (Essential)
Upto 3 years' experience (Operational Execution)
MS Excel, SAP


Key Qualities
Critical Success Factors
Understanding of Management Accounting, Revenue, Standard Costing, Variance Analysis and Bills of Materials, Variable and Fixed Costs
Advanced Excel
Experience in FMCG environment within Finance an advantage
Business Partner experience
Engagemen

Communication
Routine communication with customers or clients
Problem Solving
Proactive identification of problems that are concrete and procedural, troubleshoot and apply solutions in line with guidelines provided or escalate more complex problems to superiors, providing information required to solve problems.
Relationships Maintained
Others outside of own work area but inside the organisation
Behavioural Competencies
Analytical Thinking
Able to take a complex task and breaking it down into manageable parts in a logical, detailed way.
Thinks of multiple explanations or alternatives to a problem
Able to identify the information needed to solve a problem effectively
Performs tasks accurately and thoroughly, making adjustments to ensure needs are met
Considers business priorities when making decisions or analysing the costs and benefits of various alternative solutions.
Continuous Improvement
Increases performance expectations when success has been achieved
Seeks out sources of information, including trade associations, "best practice" companies, customers, peers, subordinates, etc.
Finds ways to fast-adapt improvement ideas to work processes
Proactively seeks out resources, alliances, etc., needed to quickly introduce improvements
Accountability
Accomplishes assigned tasks and goals: takes necessary actions to keep progress against objectives on track.
Prepares a roadmap for success.
Ensures that all who need to know, are clear about the plan.
Takes full responsibility for own actions and outcomes, including mistakes.
Always acts in the company's best interest, regardless of whether it is difficult or unpopular.
Ensures others are on track for achieving their goals.
Persuasiveness
Ability to persevere until an ef

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